Crete Travel and Holidays Guide

Crete is one of the most popular travel and holiday destinations in Greece, with millions of tourists visiting for their summer holidays each year. Learn more about what you can do while visiting Crete.

The island is well known for the locals' hospitality and the vast coastline and many villages both on the mountainous part of the island and on cities, towns and villages next to the coast.

Crete combines a very good climate all year round, as the island is located between the Libyan sea and the Aegean sea in the Mediterranean.

The most popular cities are Heraklion (the capital) and Chania. Most international scheduled and charter flights are landing in the Airport of Heraklion, which is one of the biggest cities in Greece in terms of local population.

There are many places to explore, either the hot travel destinations on the island or more remote villages and areas with superior natural beauty.